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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1906
Page
9
The Washington Post promotes free advertising in its columns for notices like wanted help or rooms for rent, with limits on word count and one ad per person per day. It notes paid business ads and outlines agency drop-off points at local drugstores with small delivery charges and locations across the city.
Classified help wanted ad fragment lists multiple job openings. Mentions gardening and pottery raising duties, office work, and transcription tasks. References include names like David Lb Gitt & Co and Volembin Phonograph Co, with scattered addresses and dates, all in a garbled OCR style.
Help wanted ads list positions at The Domestic Guild 404 Ith St NW and 618-32 14th St NW for guards, porters, waiters, cooks, chauffeurs, gardeners, porters, and delivery roles. Requirements include sobriety, good references, and willingness to start immediately. wages and accommodations vary by job and circuit.
Multiple job listings for sale clerks and shop workers appear. Positions include shoe salesmen at Thorn Shoe Store, sign painter, soda fountain attendant, a boy aged 3 to 16 for evening work, light courier, waiter positions for breakfast and dinner service, colored waiters, upholstery workers, watchman, steam power automobile mechanic, man for table waiting, two young men for unspecified opportunities, woolen and cotton dress goods handler, dairy helper, hardware store worker, and an auto photographer seeking applicants. Job locations include 708 Seventh Street NW and 18 Soda Fountain, plus multiple addresses in Washington DC.
Classifieds from a Washington area page solicit female help for domestic work. Listings include chambermaids waitresses cooks laundresses and housemaids colored and white, with wages, locations, and application details across multiple addresses in NW Washington. Prominent names include Mrs Yonchar and Miss B, plus firms like The Irvington and Washington Domestic Guild.
Numerous employment ads seek general houseworkers cooks nurses maids and attendants. Positions advertise white or colored applicants with experience in private homes hotels and institutions and offer wages monthly or weekly with varying duties including cooking laundry cleaning child care and chambermaid tasks. Apply at specified addresses around 804 17th and 04 47th streets NW or 1597 E Street and nearby locales.
A collection of misc items and notices including tailored corsets and repairs, furniture and pawn ticket purchases, requests for teams with drivers for grading, care taker and poultry care positions, requests for second hand equipment, inquiries about inventions, and various wants for household items. Names and contact hints appear amid scattered listings for boards, bicycles, pianos, trunks, and other goods. Some listings mention locations in Washington DC area and Maryland.
Misc items listed for sale or trade include a magnicent upright Hardman piano in near new condition for 275, gas range, refrigerator, garden hose, window awnings, office skirt, and various other used goods. Also advertisements for cash registers, antique items, bicycles, and a trunk of household goods with names and brief locations scattered throughout the ad.
Burglary and alarmed notice text appears mixed with a sale listing from Lucy & Co. offering safes for sale and a grand upright piano for rent at low prices. Summer rental available. respond to BOX 11 for details.
Early 20th century notice page lists miscellaneous barter ads. Requests include exchange of a good rifle under 38 caliber, a fine hammerless double gun, a salmon, a canary birds for puppies, a photographer’s equipment such as a view camera and a cook stove, plus lessons in English and shorthand offered in exchange for services or money. Individual names and addresses appear as contact points.
A chaotic page lists numerous lost items including purses on F Street and 701 Inst, hats, a mink scarf, a black and white female dog, a large purse with money, a gold watch, a necklace of gold beads, and a ring of velvet. Rewards are offered for returns. several entries specify contact avenues in Washington area venues like The Windsor and Willard.
Fragments describe pursuing patents and trade marks for a new invention. Request for guidance from Nottingham Washington office, noting cheap manufacturing and universal demand. Includes address Box 109 and opportunities for purchase or sale of business and assets.
Horses and vehicles listing many carriages, harnesses, and equestrian gear. Includes one and two horse Brewster carts, phaetons, traps, and a touring automobile. Storage office at Washington location. Also seeking families leaving Washington to dispose of horses and equipment. Includes price cues and contact note for sales.
Worn garments and children's shoes wanted for cash. Various service and employment ads cover manicuring, hotel and domestic work, bartenders and waitstaff, machinist and engineer roles, cleaners, clerks, and elevator operators. Addresses include 419 Di, 161% 13th, 8047th sts nw, and 904 17th. many listings request experienced applicants with references.
A collage of brief help wanted and situational notices appears listing male general work seekers. Entries show positions such as hotel clerk, janitor, salesman, delivery or stable hand, with references and contact box numbers for responses. Names, ages, and scattered locations indicate urban job markets and varied employment needs.
Classified notice listing multiple positions including dressmaker, governess, housekeeper, laundress, nurse, companion, and maid. Many American and colored applicants sought for private families and hotels, with duties spanning cleaning, cooking, care of children, teaching French and German, and general domestic tasks. Addresses in Washington area appear. applications directed to office listings.
A jumble of job notices seeks women for housework, nannying, companionship, nursing, and office work. Advertisers solicit applicants with promises of good wages, references, and steady positions, listing addresses and contact details across multiple streets.
A garbled OCR note lists dogs, goats, birds, fancy chickens, swans, and seeds or seeds with unfamiliar terms. It references a Schmitts Bird Store and mentions a water decree or decrayer, but the text is fragmented and unclear. No clear event or outcome is stated.
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